[Samba] Backup & Restore Samba Configuration

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 13:02 -0500, Josh Kelley wrote:
> On 3/11/06, Stéphane Purnelle <stephane.purnelle at tiscali.be> wrote:
> > Lake-Wind a écrit :
> > > The motherboard in our Samba server fried. I have re-installed
> > > our operating system (SUSE 10) and was wondering what is the
> > > best way to restore our Samba server? Can it be as simple as
> > > copying the smb.config and smbpasswd files back into the
> > > /etc/samba directory? That's what I am hoping. If I just copy
> > > the smb.config and the smbpasswd files back to the samba
> > > directory will the machine trusts, users and passwords just
> > > work? If not, what is the proper procedure for restoring.
> > >
> > > Thank you for your help!
> > >
> > > Mike
> > add secrets.tdb and /etc/passwd for restoration.
> 
> Depending on the server's use, you may also need .tdb files from the
> /var/lib/samba directory (or wherever SUSE keeps it).  See
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=samba&m=111148952808956&w=2 for a list
> of which .tdb files are important.
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or the new samba wiki...

;-)

http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#What_are_tdb_files.3F

Craig